Roller-bearing.



PATENTED APR. 2, 1907.

W. D. HUDSON.

ROLLER BEARING. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22. 1903.

Jim/672607 Wzzewpwp I W 7 12 015072 a zflorngyp My invention relates to roller-bearings,

' casing with the rollers removed, and

I all the igures.

.Marion, in the county of Grant and State of UNITED STATES; PATENT oriuen;

WAL ER 1). Henson, or MARION, INDiANA,ASSIGNOR TO. BENJAMIN F.

BURK AND PHILIP MATTER, COPARTNERS AS FIRM OF NATIONAL SWEEPER COMPANY, OF MARION, INDIANA. e

ROLLERI-BEARINGG' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 2, 1907 Application filed Juiie 22,1903. Serial No. 162.492.

D is a retainer or spacer which can be used to hold the rollers together. It is, in effect, an annulus with the exterior notches-E E to receive the rollers. The retainer is centrally perforated to permit the shaft to pass therethrough. The rollers consist of the flexible To all-when] it ii my con/eerie: I Be it known that I, WALTER D. HonsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful llilprovcrnent in Roller-Bearings, of which the following is a specification.

balls or rollers K K. The shafts are notched at l, the place of their engagement with the retainer or spacer D.

In a roller-bearing, the combination of a and has for its object to provide particularly 1 for use in connection with carpet sweepers and the like a roller-bearing in which there shall be a relatively small hearing-surface for the roller.

' The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein I Figure 1 is an elevation of one of the rollers; Fig. '2, a longitudinal section lElIIOUBgh the 1g. 3 a cross-section through the casing at right angles to the plane of Fig. 2;

Like arts are indicated by like letters in parts each comprising a pair of spherical bearing. devices, one at each end of the case, a flexible connection between such devices, and a s acer comprising an annulus having tions of the bearing device, said annulus being arranged centrally of the casing to keep the roller-like parts in osition.

i V WAL ER D. HODSON. Witnesses; I

' PH-IL P MATTER,

FLossIE KNEPPER A is a cup case or cylinder preferably having the erforatedremovable cap B, receiving the s aft C through its perforation.

retaining-case with a plurality of roller-like note ms to receive the several flexibleconnec rodsor shafts L, carrying at each end the 

